About me
Hello and welcome to my Counselling Directory Profile. I’m Theo, an Integrative Therapist, offering counselling and psychotherapy services from a comfortable consulting room in Central Hove.
I have a wide range of experience, but primarily my work tends to focus on issues around nervous system regulation, trauma and recovery, addiction issues, self-confidence and esteem, coming to terms with loss, and difficulties in relationships. I have a particular interest in working with clients from the LGBT community, and with those who are neurodivergent, but I work with clients from all backgrounds and walks of life. I also work a lot with young people, and with people experiencing a variety of life transitions.
My approach is informed by contemporary psychodynamic practice, and humanistic principles, and I work broadly under the umbrella of the relational movement in psychotherapy. In the first instance, I offer a space to talk through difficulties in a confidential and professional environment. I hold a warm and supportive space for you to get things off your chest, and to feel heard, helping to reduce feelings of isolation and distress, and find more serenity and joy in your life.
For those looking to work more psychotherapeutically, I’m able to offer a more exploratory approach that examines how your present day difficulties may unconsciously be related to formative experiences from your past. As a relational practitioner, my practice emphasises the creative potential of the therapeutic relationship as a crucible for personal growth and development.
I believe that a good therapeutic process brings challenges, and as such requires commitment from both sides, but I also know how to work with you to pace the process in a way that is manageable for you, and ultimately gets you the results that you are looking for in your life. Clients of mine typically find that therapy helps them to develop a deeper sense of steadiness within themselves, openness to life, ease in their relationships, and to bring about improvements in a wide range of social, emotional, and psychological functioning in their lives.
If you’re interested in finding out more about working together, I offer an initial telephone call free of charge, to give you a risk free opportunity to get a sense of me, and to ask any questions you may have about working together. If we both feel positively about meeting after that, I would offer you an in-person consultation where we can discuss your therapeutic needs in greater depth. Please don’t hesitate to drop me an email if you would like to explore working together, and we can take it from there.
Training, qualifications & experience
Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy from The Minster Centre, London
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£55.00 - £75.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I work on a sliding scale of £55 - £75 depending on your income. We would discuss this in an initial consultation session.
I do keep a couple concessionary rate spaces for people on very low incomes, usually around £40, but these are limited. If you feel you need one of these, please let me know in your initial enquiry.
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